Reply #20: I agree that it doesn't equal 'girl power' -- it's just plain ole power [View All]

[CornField]

Or, at the very least, a plain ole power trip. For some people (male and female) the very act of ordering another human to do something that most would find demeaning is a turn on, both emotionally and physically.

While I don't condone the act itself, I applaud the thinking behind it. How many times do you think a male has sat in a corner or on a chair and ordered the women around him to do things? Why shouldn't women also be allowed control in similar situations?

BTW, it wasn't just the women on the bar with the shots... it was also a powerful/controlling experience for the barmaids who ordered the women to do it. It was a powerful/controlling experience for some of the women in the audience to command the women to do it. For all we know, it could have been a somehow tremendously liberating experience for the women drinking too.

I guess there are two avenues of thought when it comes to feminism: the needs of the one and the needs of the many. Perhaps this is where our thinking on the subject differs. I tend to bring feminism to the personal level, but many of my female friends think on it from a societal level.